How can IT get along better with the rest of the business? Often a SQL Server DBA isn't in charge, but you can influence others and make everything work smoother with a little effort. Andy Warren gives you some tips and tricks that have worked well in the past.
Building a data warehouse usually isn't a small project, but somehow management sometimes sees it as something that can quickly eb done with a tool or two. Longtime DBA Janet Wong brings us a look at some of the problems you might face when getting ready to embark on this
type of project.
SQL Server 2008 has been delayed and Steve Jones thinks the entire process of building this version has been poorly handled.
This article, part 4 in a series, discusses how to use, publish, maintain and govern the enterprise architecture.
If we will get a new version of SQL Server every 3 years, how can we make the process smoother.
If we will get a new version of SQL Server every 3 years, how can we make the process smoother.
If we will get a new version of SQL Server every 3 years, how can we make the process smoother.
Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson introduces the numeric Max()function, and leads hands-on practice examples of the basic concepts.
Getting a result set of XML is the easy part, but what about exporting the data in a human readable format? Most DBAs don't
spend a lot of time formatting XML output, but it doesn't hurt to know how. New author David McKinney brings us a technique for generating an XML article and then using SSIS and XSL to transform it into an HTML page.
Common sense guidelines, removing local administrators and too much money in IT. Steve Jones comments on a few headlines from the week.
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I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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